I removed the flywheel from our M. The ring gear looks good ,however there are stress cracks around the clutch bearing surface. I am wondering if I can machine them out. were these caused from overheating the clutch plate when the tractor was running? Or do I need to get a new used onePhil

I set it up in our Mill and ran a program to cut .oo7 off the surface. I indicated the clutch base to get it parallel again, the surface deviated as much as .006 Really cleaned up nice Ready to go.Thanks for the input Phil

Phillip W. Lenke wrote:I set it up in our Mill and ran a program to cut .oo7 off the surface. I indicated the clutch base to get it parallel again, the surface deviated as much as .006 Really cleaned up nice Ready to go.Thanks for the input Phil

Years back I cut quite a few on a lathe but never thought about doing it on a mill. But then ya gotta remember--- theres a lot I haven't thought about. Grump

Looked real good when I was at Phil's. He has a bunch of cleaned up painted parts sitting in the basement too.It was great to meet your son too. Mike is planning to make the York Rake we loaded work 1 point Hitch.That cup of Coffee kept me going ok to Port Clinton for the night. Route 2 from Port Clinton to Cleveland was a breeze. Sure beat paying for the Ohio Pike. Beats me they charge a tax on Gas to pay for roads and then they want to charge you to use the road. Something wrong in this picture.

Bill

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